About a year ago, our chief nursing officer (CNO) asked me to her office for an impromptu meeting between her, the leader of our certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNA) group, and me. The purpose of the meeting was to brainstorm ways to improve collaboration between our CRNAs and hospital...
Credentialing Resource Center Journal - Volume 25, Issue 9
The latest addition to St. Jude Medical Center's psychiatry department isn't your run-of-the-mill medical staff recruit. Standing four feet tall atop a pair of razor-thin wheels, VGo is a remote-controlled telemedicine robot that has played the middleman between patients in the Fullerton,...
The benefits of a criteria-based core privileging system need to be emphasized and demonstrated from the start. It is absolutely essential to be able to quantify the benefits that your organization would gain by transitioning from the current privileging system to a criteria-based core...
The credentials committee chair reports directly to the medical executive committee (MEC) and the board of directors. Most often, reporting will be needed regarding applicants for medical staff appointment and staff members eligible for reappointment.